Peace Will Come

One final click of the mouse sent my photo book of our trip to Israel on its way to Shutterfly for printing. And yesterday I had the actual book in my hands!

One of the final photos I included in the book was this one I snapped rather hurriedly as we made our way through the garden, heading over to the Garden Tomb.

 

 

This instruction comes from the Psalms.

 

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!  May they be secure who love you!  Peace be within your walls and security within your towers."  (Psalm 122:6-7 ESV)

 

When I think about those verses, and when I see this visual reminder, my mind takes me back to Colorado and to an anthem I first remember singing when we lived there.  (Thanks, Rg!)  The anthem title was "Peace Will Come", which I think may have been written by David Danner, although I can't be certain of that.  (My Google search was not very helpful!)

 

It isn't the composer or the music that stirs my memory so much, but the lyrics that I still remember more than twenty years later:  "Peace will come to those who let the Son of God be born to them......born in their hearts, their homes, their lives......Peace will come when we hear the still, small voice of God."

 

Then, and only then, peace will come.

 

Peace is not about politicians or political parties.

 

Peace is not a process.

 

Peace is a Person.

 

And His name is Jesus Christ.

 

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."  (Isaiah 9:6 ESV)